What is it about mid-summer that turns everyone a little bit mad? EMC is now the proud parent of a baby DDUP. NetApp is $57 million richer. And here in the Bay Area, the weather veers from freezing to sweltering, depending on how close one is to the coast.
Here are a few headlines that caught my eye this morning:
SearchStorage: Cornell University, Shopzilla deploy primary storage data reduction to consolidate storage, keep up with data growth – Beth Pariseau reports on the way that Ocarina and Storwize are reducing data for their customers. Thanks to Ocarina, Cornell University has slashed its storage costs, and can now consider better economies of scale by consolidating storage for other departments.
StorageIO Blog: Summer Weddings: EMC+Datadomain and HP+IBRIX – Greg Schulz on the two storage mergers of the season. Some interesting thoughts on the HP-IBrix merger that I haven’t seen anywhere else. And what is this Mass./Calif. love affair all about?
Chuck’s Blog: Data Domain: The Cone of Silence is Lifted EMC’s Chuck Hollis drops some hints about how Data Domain will be integrated into its existing storage offerings. The comments are also worth reading. Chuck does a great job fielding the fevered speculation that’s going around.
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Thanks Louis. Your link blog is a great resource for anyone who is looking for solid, daily updates on the storage industry. Guess great minds think alike!